gnome not working because of sound.

[Stefan Langerman <lfalse paul rutgers edu>]

Hi,
I have gnome installed (using apt) on a Debian (slink), on an old pentium
75, WITHOUT a sound card. I blindly installed everything, including esound
(that was maybe a mistake). When I invoke gnome-session, I get: (see
below). Can someone help?

Thanks,

Stefan.

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bash-2.01$ gnome-session
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 16bit failed
Trying 44.1Khz, 8bit stereo.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 44.1Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit stereo.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 22.05Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
Trying 44.1Khz, 16bit mono.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 44.1Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 22.05Khz, 8bit mono.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 22.05Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit stereo.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 11.025Khz, stereo, 8bit failed
Trying 11.025Khz, 8bit mono.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 11.025Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 8.192Khz, 8bit mono.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Audio device open for 8.192Khz, mono, 8bit failed
Trying 8Khz, 8bit mono.
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Sound device inadequate for Esound. Fatal.
GImLib ERROR: Cannot find palette file /etc/im/im_palette.pal
gdk_imlib: Cannot Find Palette. A Palette is required for this mode
Segmentation fault